People Explain Which Fast Food Restaurants They Refuse To Eat At
Reddit user Feisty_Affect_7487 asked: 'What is one fast food restaurant you will never go to?'
Fast food is a staple in most households. While not the healthiest option our there, the food is always good, and it's a great option when you need something fast or in a pinch.
There are dozens of fast food places out there, and everyone has a favorite. My brother and I go to Wendy's once a week, and while we'll eat at other places when we have to, we don't like any place better than Wendy's.
With everyone having a favorite fast good restaurant, everyone also has a least favorite. Redditors are sharing which fast food restaurants they hate so much, they refuse to eat at them.
It all started when Redditor Feisty_Affect_7487 asked:
"What is one fast food restaurant you will never go to?"
Health Code Violation?
"Sonic. Got served rotten dairy, then got called a lying f**king b*tch by the manager. I wasn't even asking for money back since I was already out of town. Just called to warn them that it was rotten."
– Apprehensive-Air8917
"Welp might as well add the time I got a chili dog from Sonic and noticed a strange color on the side while looking at, only to pick it up and reveal that the entire underside of the bun was covered in blue mold. How the f**k does a person not notice that before it gets out the window?"
– GDMFusername
"Me eating my chicken tenders from Sonic while reading this"
"oh."
– burnt_seawing_the2nd
Employee Horrors
"Sonic- I worked there, the hotdogs/chilly have a chance of being 2+ days old, same with the gravy. You also better hope someone taught an employee how to clean the ice cream/ slushy machines. If not, you might have a similar story to mine. When I was new, they were training us at an old sonic, so we would go work at a new one. The manager was also 'new' to that area and was heading to the new one."
"So one day, he decided it was time to clean the ice cream machine and asked one of the employees from there to teach us. They didn't know how, so he went around asking, and no one who worked there knew how to clean it. So he gathered us around to teach us, he shut down the machine and opened it up. A cascade of ice cream mix and maggots came pouring down. The machine was apparently crushing the maggots as it mixed the ice cream. He cleaned the slushy machine the next day, but I wasn't there to see it, I just heard it wasn't pretty."
– petty_witch
"I have a similar story about the Dairy Queen I worked at."
"There was a little drainage channel built into the machine, so melted soft serve could go to the floor grate. This was predictably never cleaned, and soon enough - maggots."
"Owner was informed, and he just said "use bug spray" (which would, of course, have gotten into the ice cream...). Manager rushed over from their other restaurant and desperately tried to clean it with a pipe cleaner, then threatened to fire anyone who spoke a word about it."
"Fun times."
– joefred111
"when you pay like sh*t and cut corners at every opportunity then yeah youre gonna have employees who barely keep it together, if at all."
"I used to run a DQ. Busiest one in the entire region. I was routinely by myself, 7am to well into the night. Towards the end I was getting 130 hours a week in a salaried position. I was *sleeping at the restaurant* it was so bad. The moment I left "oh we'll give you whatever you want!!!" like no dude it's two years too late"
– verdenvidia
"I'm never getting fast food ice cream ever again what the F**K"
– 4ps22
Ew. Just...Ew.
"Jack in the Box restaurant I used to go to almost weekly while working overnights was closed down due to spider infestation of the breading for fried chicken..."
– Tzokal
"In the early 1990s an e-coli outbreak was traced to Jack in the Box. It killed four children, and something like 700 or 800 people got sick. Never eaten there since then."
– Schmliza
What It Turned Into
"Panera is over priced cardboard portrayed as food, blech."
– criket2016
"I would like to apologize for the greed of a once great company called St. Louis Bread Co., nationally known now as Panera Bread. When they started in St. Louis, it truly was different and very good. Mass production does this to most great food. As a St. Louisan who used to love St. Louis Bread Co and even worked there for a short time, I apologize for what they have become."
– Roach55
"I had the weirdest, dumbest experience at a Panera in Portland, Oregon, about ten years ago. I went there under the impression it was going to be good. It was bland and overpriced, but didn't stand out as anything other than kind of mediocre. But the customer service was AWFUL. Legitimately, just the worst. The gal that took my order was needless rude, even though we were polite and tipped generously, and then when I tried to use their restroom and found it was locked, the manager stormed out of her office and yelled at me, saying that I had to be escorted in and out of the bathroom and couldn't just do my business in peace. She marched me to the restroom, stood guard outside and then walked me back to me table after like we were in a prison yard. It was so bizarre and humiliating. I never went back and left them some rock bottom reviews."
"They were near a MAX station, so that's probably why they were so edgy about the bathroom use, but if I actually were a homeless person I think I just would have peed on their floor rather than putting up with kthat kind of treatment."
– Bonbonnibles
Rue The Day
"Every year or two I give Burger King another chance and I always regret it. Can't imagine ever going back."
"Can't remember the last time I've been to a KFC... maybe 5-6 years?"
– ButtholeQuiver
"Burger King used to at least have really good fries but something changed in the last decade or so. I've been there maybe twice in the last five years and regretted each time lol."
– WritingTheDream
Decades Without
"Kentucky Fried Chicken. Food poisoning at 2 different locations during college. I've made it 3 decades not going back."
– bmtri
"Agree. Those mashed potatoes gotta come from a box. Bleh."
– Who-took-my-abs
"I worked there for a month in 1998. Haven't eaten it since."
– g_pelly
"i’ve heard so many stories in my life of people getting food poisoning after eating kfc, that i’ve just never tried it"
– daylightcoke
"I loved KFC as a kid. I took my kids once about 2 yrs ago. It was inedible."
– mykittenfarts
Inflation Is Real
"Subway."
"It's all just awful and I have a proper sandwich shop the same distance in the other direction."
– Jonny2284
"I went last week after about a 6-7 year absense. The $5 foot longs were $12 and $13!?!"
– High_Jumper81
A Complete Mess
"I'm done with mcdonalds. Sh*ts not cheap anymore and the food is always trash. That's if you even get the right order"
– Deceiver999
"The one near me has forgotten items EVERY time I order on the app. I honestly think they’re trying to scam people and they just hope you don’t walk inside and ask them to fix it"
– taco3donkey
An Interesting Cure
"First time I ever went to White Castle/Crystal it ended with me sh*tting my brains out for an hour. Never again"
– blackmobius
"I mean, they call 'em sliders for a reason. :V"
– Funkette
"My grandfather literally gets White Castle when he’s constipated for this reason."
– helloxcthulhu
Remember The Good Old Days?
"Pizza Hut pizza is atrocious now."
– Carmaca77
"Pizza Hut was done the minute they switched to those god awful frozen dough disks and not fresh made like it used to be."
– thedeadbeatclubsc
"It started going downhill 25 years ago. As a kid in the 70's it was great, and not because I was a kid at a pizza place, but because you would sit down at a red-checkered table cloth, a server would greet you nicely. And the place was clean. Now it feels like you're going into a money laundering front with angry servers and everything is sticky and smells like dirty socks."
– BaconReceptacle
Food Isn't The Only Thing That Matters
"Popeyes."
"The food is great. The service is just absolute garbage. There are always missing items from my order. Coke machine always broken. I refuse to go there anymore. I've been to several locations in San Antonio and they all the same."
– starshame2
"A Popeye's opened up in the town I used to live in and I went there for lunch one day. Pretty much got yelled at for coming and they basically threw my food at me. It was fire, though."
– coombuyah26
"Pretty sure it’s a company policy to have sh*tty service. I don’t think I’ve ever seen something as consistent country wide as bad service at Popeyes."
– BustyUncle
I'm starting to think maybe fast food shouldn't be a staple.
Try as I might, I will never understand how some people enjoy Sloppy Joes.
They're nasty and goopy and taste horrible. It is a minced meat mess—which is a shame because minced meat can be wonderful—and that red sauce takes it to a different infernal level.
I grew up eating these in the school cafeteria. I quickly tired of them and would not touch them. Just the sight of them is discomforting.
Oh, and you haven't even gotten me started on the topic of Ambrosia salad!
I'm American and I have strong opinions, so you can imagine what some non-Americans might think about American cuisine.
We heard some of their thoughts after Redditor ergogthathis asked the online community:
"Non-Americans, what is the nastiest American food ever?"
"Some of..."
"Some of the savoury Jello recipes from the 50s and 60s look grim."
TimGJ1964
They make up for it by also tasting grim. Thankfully those meals have gone out of fashion.
"I have a high tolerance..."
"Those Midwestern "fruit salads" where half of the ingredients is marshmallow fluff or mini marshmallows, Jello, whipped cream... I have a high tolerance for American food, but I cannot handle these, or even comprehend why and how they exist."
CecilPalmer
A friend of mine made one once and it was basically a giant sugar bomb. I could barely stomach more than a couple of bites.
"Your cheese-like..."
"Your cheese-like substances. Cheesewiz and Kraft singles for instance."
[deleted]
Just here with an obligatory reminder that processed cheese is a European invention we just made it more processed.
"Those cakes..."
"Those cakes that have large amounts of fondant on them. The time and talent it would take to make one of these cakes is unreal but fondant is just nasty tasting in my opinion. That was not meant to offend anyone."
OrphanSandwich
Oh, don't you worry. No one is offended, though I'm of the opinion that too much fondant just feels gooey and unappealing.
"Fake..."
"Fake smoked bacon sprinkles in a bottle."
Diamonds_n_dirt
You see, actual bacon is crazy expensive these days but I still wouldn't eat these anymore. I used to years ago and now I am filled with regret.
"I'm going to provoke..."
"I'm going to provoke a lot of proud Southerners with this. Sweet tea is sugar water with a hint of tea."
astrangeone88
Sweet tea isn't for people who like tea. You've learned a valuable lesson.
"My wife loves them..."
"Boiled peanuts. My wife loves them and every time we drove through South Carolina we had to stop and buy them. The stench was so bad I would have to roll the windows down. Those peanuts and Lindsey Graham are on my top two hate list for that state."
[deleted]
Boiled peanuts can be nasty for sure. I had them once... wouldn't mind trying again, but I'm a sucker for punishment.
"I had..."
"I had a deep-fried Mars bar at a festival in America the first time I ever visited and I'm reasonably sure it's going to give a few of my descendants diabetes."
InitialSchool7286
That's a Scottish food - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
You take that back!
"That bright orange plastic..."
"That bright orange plastic that you call "cheese.""
The100thIdiot
It's perfect for melting and is used in more places than you think. Much to your horror, I'm sure (and mine).
"They were very, very sugary..."
"Aussie here. I tried Hershey's Kisses once. They were very, very sugary and the chocolate flavour wasn't great. I wouldn't say it was nasty, just not ideal. I'd encourage any American who has the chance to try Aussie, European or British chocolate."
"Basically everywhere outside the USA higher concentrations of cocoa are used, along with less sugar and different, often less fatty lipid sources."
Eriphone
Hey, we don't blame you for feeling that way. Hershey's is pretty bottom-of-the-barrel for me but for many people, it's all they know. Have you heard of Hershey Park?
Thankfully, food in the United States is quite varied. The food scene in the Northeast for instance is profoundly different when compared to the South. If you're a foodie, the U.S. isn't a bad place to be!
Have some suggestions of your own? Tell us more in the comments below!
Even if you're a diehard foodie there has to be a menu of options that sours the palette. Some foods, no matter how rare or delectable they are known for being just don't suit the intestines of everyone. Sometimes food reactions are linked to past experiences which renders them inedible due to triggers. And sometimes, some food, is just straight up gross!
Redditor u/Yahya_2000 wanted to see what foods are a permanent no for people's tummies by asking.... What food do you refuse to eat?
Oh my Gagh!
GiphyAnything that is still moving in the plate. BakonNigiri
Only correct way to eat Gagh. Don't complain to the chef that your Gagh is still wriggling. G_Morgan
Your description makes me want to Gagh. Goat17038
Internal Organs.
I'm pretty turned off on most organs (brain, eyes, liver, lungs, ect..) at this point. I've tried them a lot when I was younger, but it's a tough sell now. nightandshade
Not Mr. Ed!
So in my country we have a soup that has horse's intestines filed with other organs, it's called ''Sopa de Manguera'' (hose soup) I live in Ecuador btw. HealthyMinder
Ok I'm out! sn00t_b00p
So Chewy.
Celery. I don't care about the taste, but that stringy texture is ugh. ButtholeSpiders
It tastes like bitter lawn grass with a stinging, peppery finish. It's unbelievable people actually like it. Polly_Peptide
The Quivers....
GiphyLiver. Just, ugh. mcgrooty
Correct me if this is factually incorrect but I believe it was George Washington who once wrote, "Liver makes my nips quiver." SchneebsTheGinger
Ba-yuck!
Balut! Mike5brown
It tastes good but i hate being reminded that i'm eating duck embryo. NotSoRainbow
Taste-Free.
Skim Milk. It's water that's lying about being Milk. MMacKillop
Anything less than whole milk is white water. unopposablethumbs
Breakfast Duds....
Spoiled food and if I can avoid it- fennel. Bolzenschneider
No bigger turn off than thinking you just bought some kick a** breakfast sausages and they turn out to be like 20% fennel. I don't get it, like sure it can impart good flavors in a dish, but the actual pods are like chewing on a bath bomb.Daisypusha1323
No Yokes About It!
Eggs. For a really long time I loved eggs and ate them as often as I could. But one day I had the flu and ended up puking up the eggs I ate that day. Ever since that horrible day, the scent/taste/texture of eggs makes me instantly gag. It was one of my favorite things to eat. bohdiii
PTSD Fish!
GiphyTuna casserole. That's all my mother made growing up besides overdone roast on Sundays and overcooked spaghetti on birthdays. Won't touch the stuff I don't care how you cook it the smell gives me flashbacks. TinyTinasRabidOtter
We've all been there. We've all done it. We've all consumed some food that nearly turned our insides out for the sake of being polite. It's an ultimate grand gesture because we all know that somewhere along the way we've all put together a meal that wasn't quite the most "edible." But darn we worked hard on it and everyone just pretended to like it and then fought for the restroom like that scene in "Bridesmaids!" It's always a good idea to carry a baggie to meals you didn't see prepared.
Redditor u/Peach-e-Keen wanted us all to discuss some of the gross we've suffered to spare feelings by asking... What's the worst thing you've eaten out of politeness?